Roland Barthes, Narrative Codes.
What Rolad Barthes means by narrative codes is the combinations of technical features that are meant to have a specific meaning. In this theory there are three types of codes, these are The Hermeneutic Code, The Proairetic Code and the Semantic Code.
The Hermeneutic Code is also known as the Enigma Code. This refers to any elements of the story that are not fully explained, this is how it becomes a mystery to the reader. This is used to keep the audience guessing until the last few final scenes when they realise what's happening.
The Proairetic Code which is the Action Code. It builds up tension, refering to any actions or event that indicates something else is going to happen, getting the reader to guess what will happen next.
The Semantic Code refers basically to the way images or music mght be used to mean something in addition to the thing it shows.
Linking to Dexter, TV Series.
The opening sequence really is based on a Hermeneutic Code. Because its full of mystery. The audience never get to see a full image until the very end of the opening. The opening is based on loads of close ups of Dexters morning routine. But we only get close up images. This leaves the audience thinking why its in this particular lay out.
There is also some Proairetic Code aswell, for example the dripping blood, the unusal shaped knife cutting through the blood orange that looks like its cutting through something human, him tieing his shoe laces that looks like hes also strangling someone. These examples would also fit in with the Semantic Code.
Levis-Strauss and Binary Oppositions.
Levi-Strauss introduced the idea of binary oppositions as a useful way to consider the production of meaning within narratives, this means stories driven by paired opposits.
Levis-Strauss and Binary Oppositions.
Levi-Strauss introduced the idea of binary oppositions as a useful way to consider the production of meaning within narratives, this means stories driven by paired opposits.
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